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The scale of the solar system

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July 28, 2017, 07:35 PM
Woodman
The scale of the solar system
It's beyond me. I'll stay on my sofa. Pass the Cheetos, please.
July 28, 2017, 07:43 PM
BrianC
We're like one grain of sand in the Gobi Desert.

I think I'll have a drink now.


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July 28, 2017, 08:04 PM
6guns
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Originally posted by Woodman:
It's beyond me. I'll stay on my sofa. Pass the Cheetos, please.


If the earth were the size of a Cheeto.... Wink



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July 28, 2017, 09:34 PM
Sir Guy
This is a similarly eye-opening video about fundamental forces of nature. Richard Feynman was a great mind and wonderfully articulate and funny to boot!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFPe-DwULM

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July 28, 2017, 10:20 PM
46and2
quote:
Originally posted by ScreamingCockatoo:
quote:
Originally posted by 46and2:
If the nucleus of a single Hydrogen atom was the size of a Softball, and its lone electron was the size of a baseball, they'd be more than a mile apart... The amount of "space" in everything (diamonds, ice, our bones, steel, everything...) is nearly incomprehensible.

And that nothing touches. Repulsive force sees to that.
I tell people, you think you're touching the keyboard? Nothing is solid.
It's an illusion.

The only time matter touches is in the center of a black hole.

It is an amazing thought, that you can't even touch yourself or your loved ones, ever.

Close, almost, but never just the same.
July 28, 2017, 10:26 PM
TigerDore
Excellent video. I am sharing with my kids. Thanks for posting this!
July 28, 2017, 10:47 PM
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July 28, 2017, 11:26 PM
6guns
^^^ More amazing



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July 28, 2017, 11:30 PM
tigereye313
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Originally posted by 6guns:
^^^ More amazing


Even before getting to the larger stars, all of the other planets in our solar system could be lined up side by side in the space between the Earth and the Moon with room to spare.